Reviews tagging 'Suicide attempt'

Looking for Alaska by John Green

52 reviews

mwesthaven's review against another edition

3.25

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol, Classism

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual content, Death of parent, Abandonment

alaskanbee's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful informative mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This book really teaches to be better to one another. You don't know what someone is going through.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Self harm, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Toxic friendship

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Car accident, Alcohol

A group of friend's at a church camp trying to survive being a normal teenager, and other personal life effects.

phantastic's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Alcohol

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism, Suicide attempt

annekadk's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide attempt

bookishmind_13's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional funny inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

This book is the first in a very very long time that I have finished in a day and has left me with a soul deep feeling of peace and a brain full of thoughts. Two things that by definition cannot go together. 

I don’t know how it took me so long to read this as a life long John Green fan but I deeply regret that I had not read this particular collection of words sooner. John did what he has always done well - balanced impeccable descriptions of teenage awkwardness with soul destroying grief. Perfection. 

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Child death, Death, Sexual content, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Addiction, Bullying, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Classism

Minor: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Misogyny, Self harm, Sexism, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship

smreads24's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide attempt, Death of parent

kschupner's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

this was such a good read!! my first john green book!! i never got into the fault in our stars LOL. i loved alaska and how complicated she was, and loved that we didn’t really get a proper conclusion on

how she died, if it was an accident or suicide

. i think the main characters going on this journey to figure it out then ultimately deciding it’s okay to live with uncertainty is really inspiring, as someone who is terrible at living with uncertainty. john green’s writing was also very stream-of-consciousness to me which i loved because that made this such a quick read for me; i finished in less than 24 hours!! all this to say i unfortunately did not get that knock-knock joke until the q&a section at the end……….oops

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Death, Drug use, Suicidal thoughts, Vomit, Car accident

Minor: Bullying, Sexual content

nallyallen's review against another edition

3.0

emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Minor: Suicide, Suicide attempt

probablynotkatelyn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Alcohol

Moderate: Child death, Cursing, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Body shaming, Fatphobia

hannalizzy's review against another edition

4.5

---

for a debut novel….. incredible

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Car accident, Suicide attempt, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail